<s>
The	O
Swing	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
(	O
JSR	B-Language
296	I-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
specification	O
for	O
a	O
simple	O
application	B-Application
framework	I-Application
for	O
Swing	B-Language
applications	B-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
in	O
computer	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
defines	O
infrastructure	O
common	O
to	O
most	O
desktop	B-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
making	O
Swing	B-Language
applications	B-Application
easier	O
to	O
create	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JSR	B-Language
296	I-Language
specification	O
defines	O
the	O
basic	O
structure	O
of	O
a	O
Swing	B-Language
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
defines	O
a	O
framework	B-Architecture
as	O
a	O
small	O
set	O
of	O
extensible	O
classes	O
that	O
define	O
infrastructure	O
common	O
to	O
most	O
desktop	B-Application
applications	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
Reference	O
Implementation	O
called	O
"	O
appframework	O
"	O
began	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
expected	O
that	O
this	O
implementation	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
means	O
for	O
integrating	O
JSR	B-Language
296	I-Language
into	O
the	O
upcoming	O
Java	B-Language
SE	I-Language
7	O
(	O
Dolphin	O
)	O
version	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
milestone	O
5	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Development	I-Language
Kit	I-Language
JDK7	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
August	O
2009	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
included	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
an	O
inability	O
to	O
reconcile	O
design	O
flaws	O
and	O
achieve	O
consensus	O
among	O
the	O
JSR	B-Language
296	I-Language
team	O
before	O
the	O
milestone	O
5	O
deadline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Swing	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
implementation	O
has	O
been	O
put	O
on	O
hold	O
indefinitely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
forks	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
implementation	O
have	O
been	O
started	O
by	O
open-source	B-Application
communities	O
,	O
and	O
several	O
other	O
application	B-Application
framework	I-Application
libraries	O
have	O
been	O
created	O
to	O
achieve	O
goals	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
JSR	B-Language
296	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Better	O
Swing	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
project	O
,	O
or	O
BSAF	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
version	O
1.03	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
appframework	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSAF	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
at	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
button	O
that	O
says	O
"	O
This	O
project	O
can	O
now	O
be	O
found	O
here	O
,	O
"	O
that	O
takes	O
you	O
to	O
the	O
now	O
defunct	O
project	O
Kenai	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Guice	O
Utilities	O
&	O
Tools	O
Set	O
,	O
or	O
GUTS	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
JSR	B-Language
296	I-Language
that	O
combines	O
the	O
appframework	O
with	O
the	O
Google	O
Guice	O
Dependency	O
Injection	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Swing	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
Fork	O
,	O
or	O
SAFF	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
appframework	O
1.03	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
currently	O
hosted	O
at	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetBeans	O
Platform	O
is	O
a	O
robust	O
Swing	B-Language
application	I-Language
framework	I-Language
,	O
with	O
many	O
more	O
features	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
much	O
more	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
JSR	B-Language
failure/hold	O
,	O
SAF	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
from	O
Netbeans	O
as	O
of	O
version	O
7.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eclipse	O
RCP	O
is	O
a	O
big	O
SWT	B-Application
(	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
Swing	B-Language
)	O
application	B-Application
framework	I-Application
,	O
for	O
bigger	O
projects	O
,	O
needs	O
more	O
time	O
for	O
understanding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
jGAF	O
is	O
a	O
simple	O
and	O
compact	O
library	O
to	O
quickly	O
build	O
full-featured	O
Java	B-Language
Swing	I-Language
Application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
free	O
open-source	B-Application
framework	B-Architecture
provides	O
APIs	O
to	O
handle	O
application	O
life	O
cycle	O
,	O
menus	O
,	O
configuration	O
,	O
OS	O
integration	O
,	O
application	O
data	O
persistence	O
,	O
application	O
protection	O
,	O
wizards	O
,	O
preferences	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
